Christian Carnival #CXCVII

Bible Study | Christian Mission | Christianity | Religion

Caring about Credibility

Byhenry February 27, 2016

I’m sometimes disappointed with posts that don’t attract comments compared to those that do. I’m not talking about my site, where comments are few and far between. Right now I’m looking at a post on the Energion Discussion Network, titled Credible Christians for a Credible Gospel. It was written by Allan Bevere, and makes an…

Christianity | Politics | Religion

A Christian Officer and DADT

Byhenry December 19, 2010

Lt. Col. Stacy L Maxey has written a letter to Stars and Stripes indicating that he has plans to violate military regulations following the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Or something like that. Actually it’s hard to tell precisely what he plans to do. One paragraph of the letter reads: Here’s the truth: I…

Christianity | Ecclesiology | Religion

Some Thoughts on Ecclesiology from Someone Utterly Unqualified

Byhenry November 17, 2014

Several things I’ve written lately lead to thoughts on ecclesiology, though that is hardly one of my subjects. People do sometimes make assumptions because I’m a member of a United Methodist congregation. So I’m going to make this personal, first saying why I am in a United Methodist congregation and second saying what I see…

Bible Study | Christianity

Eschatological Living

Byhenry December 28, 2005

I’ve been doing some discussion of the prophecies of the book of Daniel recently on the Compuserve Christian Fellowship Forum. The discussion there is about the Seventh-day Adventist doctrine of the investigative judgment and the time prophecy of Daniel 8:14. But that is not what this post is about. As I reviewed the many related…

Christianity | Diversity | Doctrines | KJV Only

Setting Doctrinal Priorities

Byhenry November 5, 2007

A recent jury verdict against a group of hatemongers has brought up lots of questions. One that I heard was simply this: “The Bible says homosexuality is an abomination. How can you, as a Christian, claim that this group that protests at military funerals is not a good representation of Christianity?” There are a huge…